J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Head of Loch Katrine 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Head of Loch Katrine’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
The Head of Loch Katrine 1831
D26524
Turner Bequest CCLXX 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 201 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘landing [or ‘looking’] to the head’ right, and ‘B V’ lower centre
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘45’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 45’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Turner has noted at the right of this sketch, this view shows the ‘landing to the head’ of Loch Katrine. The landing (see folio 26; D26486) is shown at the left, and the view looks north from the east end of the loch to the hills along the north shore with Ellen’s Isle (Eilean Molach) and the promontory of Am Priosan. At the bottom of the page is a sketch of the mountain of Ben Venue inscribed ‘B V’ as seen from the west.
For more information on Turner’s visit to Loch Katrine and references to his sketches of it, see folio 47 (D26528).

Thomas Ardill
October 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The Head of Loch Katrine 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-head-of-loch-katrine-r1134958, accessed 26 April 2024.